| Text | Length |
| Birdbath floaters | 17 |
| Aquarium nuisance | 17 |
| Aquarium build-up | 17 |
| The search for x? | 17 |
| Neighbor of Libya | 17 |
| Berber's home | 17 |
| Computer language | 17 |
| Candidate of 2000 | 17 |
| Washington V.I.P. | 17 |
| VP from Tennessee | 17 |
| V.P. born in D.C. | 17 |
| Java trumpeter | 17 |
| Will Smith biopic | 17 |
| Carroll character | 17 |
| Husband of Fatima | 17 |
| Muhammad or Laila | 17 |
| Rope-a-dope boxer | 17 |
| Great heavyweight | 17 |
| Ring master, once | 17 |
| Lord of the ring? | 17 |
| Laila in the ring | 17 |
| Pugilist Muhammad | 17 |
| Onetime ring king | 17 |
| Cassius Clay, now | 17 |
| Caliph's name | 17 |
| 1996 Olympic hero | 17 |
| Scheherazade hero | 17 |
| Ring leader, once | 17 |
| Noted ring leader | 17 |
| He fought Foreman | 17 |
| Champ of 10/30/74 | 17 |
| Aladdin prince | 17 |
| Talkative fighter | 17 |
| Smith/Voight film | 17 |
| Smith biopic role | 17 |
| Noted ring master | 17 |
| Mohammad or Pasha | 17 |
| Laila of the ring | 17 |
| Laila of pugilism | 17 |
| l974 boxing champ | 17 |
| Joe Frazier rival | 17 |
| He knew the ropes | 17 |
| Frazier foe, once | 17 |
| Foreman KO'er | 17 |
| Foreman adversary | 17 |
| Deposed ring king | 17 |
| Clay, transformed | 17 |
| Baba not au rhum? | 17 |
| A caliph of Islam | 17 |
| 2001 Smith biopic | 17 |
| Et __: and others | 17 |
| Ovid's others | 17 |
| Saturn attachment | 17 |
| Suffix for Saturn | 17 |
| Saturn's end? | 17 |
| Queen before Noor | 17 |
| Et -- (plus more) | 17 |
| Ending for Saturn | 17 |
| You may assume it | 17 |
| It may be assumed | 17 |
| Crook's cover | 17 |
| It can be assumed | 17 |
| Mata Hari was one | 17 |
| Protective cover? | 17 |
| Not the real name | 17 |
| Name after a name | 17 |
| Misleading handle | 17 |
| John Doe, perhaps | 17 |
| John Doe, for one | 17 |
| Gangland monicker | 17 |
| False assumption? | 17 |
| Dubious adoptions | 17 |
| Alternative names | 17 |
| Persian folk hero | 17 |
| Suspect's out | 17 |
| Defense mechanism | 17 |
| Tall story, often | 17 |
| Pretext, possibly | 17 |
| Perp's excuse | 17 |
| Perp-to-cop story | 17 |
| Part of a defense | 17 |
| Hood's excuse | 17 |
| Exculpatory story | 17 |
| Defense of a sort | 17 |
| Certain testimony | 17 |
| Some are airtight | 17 |
| Stories on stands | 17 |
| Tea-party crasher | 17 |
| Tea party crasher | 17 |
| Gobel's widow | 17 |
| Fictional dreamer | 17 |
| Rock's Cooper | 17 |
| Mr. Cooper, to us | 17 |
| Kind of blue gown | 17 |
| Ghostley presence | 17 |
| Faye of film fame | 17 |
| Dinah's owner | 17 |
| Court star Marble | 17 |
| Arts patron Tully | 17 |
| A restaurant lady | 17 |
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